We all like to fertilize our gardens. It sort of makes us feel good, like in some small way we helped our budding plants become the bountiful harvest we always knew they could be if they just set their minds to it. And we also …
Here is a great article on soil testing by Janet Carson with the UA Cooperative Extension Service. Soil is an important part of growing a garden, yet it is often taken for granted. People spend thousands of dollars planning a landscape, buying the plants, but …
Here are some pictures we took late last week to show you how the mums are looking. It has been very hot here with the heat index running between 105-110 degrees. The mums can handle the heat however when the lows are about 75 degrees …
As you can see, planting mums in the field is a very labor intensive process. After the cuttings get to the stage where they have a adequate root system, we yank them from their comfortable and sheltered life, cram them into pots of media and …
Here is a post from the Business Pundit blog on whether or not growing your own vegetables can save you any money. I’ve seen reports on this that go both ways. It’s seems reasonable that anyone with a garden and time to work it correctly …
